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Supporting the mental health of looked after and adopted children: a guide for social workers
- Authors:
- ALDRED Karen, RODWELL Helen
- Publisher:
- CoramBAAF
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 170
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide, primarily aimed at social care professionals, translates the theoretical concepts and research about children’s mental health into straightforward language and practical advice. Taking a holistic and attachment-focused approach, it demonstrates how to understand children’s background and current events, rather than focusing on diagnostic criteria and labels. The book is in two parts. Part 1 sets the scene and explores what mental health really means for children who are in (or have been) in care. It introduces a framework of how to understand children in their context, gives a comprehensive model for intervention, highlights relevant legislation, and explores available support services and their limitations. The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidelines for mental health provision are also looked at. Part 2 focuses on common worrying behaviours and symptoms experienced by looked after and adopted children and young people, such as anxiety and depression, attachment difficulties, ADHD, behaviour problems, eating and sleeping problems, post-traumatic stress and self-harm. (Edited publisher abstract)
Making the difference together: guidance on gathering and using feedback about the experience of social work from people who use services and their carers
- Authors:
- ALLEN Ruth, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- London
One of a suite of three resources published as part of the ‘Social Work for Better Mental Health’ initiative, this document provides guidance on practical ways to gather service user and carer feedback about their experiences of social work practice within mental health services. The guidance is based on research into what service users and carers value and find effective in social work practice; research literature on service user quality of life indicators and recovery measures; practice feedback tools from social work education and patient satisfaction surveys from general and mental health. It proposes two specific approaches to gathering feedback: implementing a tailored ‘experience of social work’ feedback questionnaire; and gathering feedback through collaborative conversations about practice between social workers and people using services or carers. The collaborative conversations approach includes good practice in using co-production as a framework, recording conversations and using observer, the role of peer support. The reasons for choosing these approaches and how they fit into existing regulatory requirements and good practice are discussed. Example questionnaires are included in the appendices.. (Edited publisher abstract)